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ELECTIONS(10 ILCS 5/) Election Code.

10 ILCS 5/7-58

(10 ILCS 5/7-58)(from Ch. 46, par. 7-58)Sec. 7-58. Each county clerk or board of election
commissioners shall, upon completion of the
canvassing of the returns, make and transmit to the State Board of
Elections and to each election authority whose duty it is to print the
official ballot for the election for which the nomination is made a
proclamation of the results of the primary. The proclamation shall state
the name of each candidate of each political party so
nominated or elected, as shown by the returns, together with the name of
the office for which he or she was nominated or elected, including precinct,
township and ward committeemen, and including in the case of the State
Board of Elections, candidates for State central committeemen, and
delegates and alternate delegates to National nominating conventions. If
a notice of contest is filed, the election authority shall, within one
business day after receiving a certified copy of the court's judgment or
order, amend its proclamation accordingly and proceed to file an amended
proclamation with the appropriate election authorities and with the State
Board of Elections.The State Board of Elections shall issue a certificate of
election to each of the persons shown by the returns and the
proclamation thereof to be elected State central committeemen, and
delegates and alternate delegates to National nomination conventions;
and the county clerk shall issue a certificate of election to each
person shown by the returns to be elected precinct, township or ward
committeeman. The certificate issued to such precinct committeeman shall
state the number of ballots voted in his or her precinct by the primary
electors of his or her party at the primary at which he or she was elected. The
certificate issued to such township committeeman shall state the number
of ballots voted in his or her township or part of a township, as the case may
be, by the primary electors of his or her party at the primary at which he or she was
elected. The certificate issued to such ward committeeman shall state
the number of ballots voted in his or her ward by the primary electors of his or her
party at the primary at which he or she was elected.(Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06.)

10 ILCS 5/7-59

(10 ILCS 5/7-59)(from Ch. 46, par. 7-59)Sec. 7-59. (a) The person receiving the highest number of votes at a
primary as a candidate of a party for the nomination for an office shall
be the candidate of that party for such office, and his name as such
candidate shall be placed on the official ballot at the election then
next ensuing; provided, that where there are two or more persons to be
nominated for the same office or board, the requisite number of persons
receiving the highest number of votes shall be nominated and their names
shall be placed on the official ballot at the following election.Except as otherwise provided by Section 7-8 of this Act, the
person receiving the highest number of votes of his party for
State central committeeman of his congressional district shall be
declared elected State central committeeman from said congressional
district.Unless a national political party specifies that delegates and
alternate delegates to a National nominating convention be allocated by
proportional selection representation according to the results of a
Presidential preference primary, the requisite number of persons
receiving the highest number of votes of their party for delegates and
alternate delegates to National nominating conventions from the State at
large, and the requisite number of persons receiving the highest number of
votes of their party for delegates and alternate delegates to National
nominating conventions in their respective congressional districts shall be
declared elected delegates and alternate delegates to the National
nominating conventions of their party.A political party which elects the members to its State Central Committee
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 shall select its
congressional district delegates and alternate delegates to its national
nominating convention by proportional selection representation according to
the results of a Presidential preference primary in each congressional
district in the manner provided by the rules of the national political
party and the State Central Committee, when the rules and policies of the
national political party so require.A political party which elects the members to its State Central Committee
by Alternative B under paragraph (a) of Section 7-8 shall select its
at large delegates and alternate delegates to its national
nominating convention by proportional selection representation according to
the results of a Presidential preference primary in the whole State in the
manner provided by the rules of the national political party and the State
Central Committee, when the rules and policies of the national political
party so require.The person receiving the highest number of votes of his party for
precinct committeeman of his precinct shall be declared elected precinct
committeeman from said precinct.The person receiving the highest number of votes of his party for
township committeeman of his township or part of a township as the case
may be, shall be declared elected township committeeman from said
township or part of a township as the case may be. In cities where ward
committeemen are elected, the person receiving the highest number of
votes of his party for ward committeeman of his ward shall be declared
elected ward committeeman from said ward.When two or more persons receive an equal and the highest number of
votes for the nomination for the same office or for committeeman of the
same political party, or where more than one person of the same
political party is to be nominated as a candidate for office or
committeeman, if it appears that more than the number of persons to be
nominated for an office or elected committeeman have the highest and an
equal number of votes for the nomination for the same office or for
election as committeeman, the election authority by which the returns of the primary
are canvassed shall decide by lot which of said persons shall be
nominated or elected, as the case may be. In such case the election authority shall issue notice in writing to such persons of such tie vote
stating therein the place, the day (which shall not be more than 5 days thereafter) and the hour when such nomination or election shall
be so determined.(b) Write-in votes shall be counted only for persons who have filed
notarized declarations of intent to be write-in candidates with the proper
election authority or authorities not later than 61 days prior to
the primary. However, whenever an objection to a candidate's nominating papers or petitions for any office is sustained under Section 10-10 after the 61st day before the election, then write-in votes shall be counted for that candidate if he or she has filed a notarized declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate for that office with the proper election authority or authorities not later than 7 days prior to the election.
Forms for the declaration of intent to be a write-in candidate shall be
supplied by the election authorities. Such declaration shall specify the
office for which the person seeks nomination or election as a write-in
candidate.The election authority or authorities shall deliver a list of all persons
who have filed such declarations to the election judges in the appropriate
precincts prior to the primary.(c) (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, where
the number of candidates whose names have been printed on a party's
ballot for nomination for or election to an office at a primary is less
than the number of persons the party is entitled to nominate for or elect
to the office at the primary, a person whose name was not printed on the
party's primary ballot as a candidate for nomination for or election to the
office, is not nominated for or elected to that office as a result of a
write-in vote at the primary unless the number of votes he received equals
or exceeds the number of signatures required on a petition for nomination
for that office; or unless the number of votes he receives exceeds the
number of votes received by at least one of the candidates whose names were
printed on the primary ballot for nomination for or election to the same
office.(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection does not apply where the number
of candidates whose names have been printed on the party's ballot for
nomination for or election to the office at the primary equals or exceeds
the number of persons the party is entitled to nominate for or elect to the
office at the primary.(Source: P.A. 94-647, eff. 1-1-06; 95-699, eff. 11-9-07.)